rocky wrote:
Whilst mocks are a good indicator where your child is in relation to the desired mark reqiured I would encourage you not to get too concerned. It's very much how she does on the day and how her cohort does. Stay positive and good luck!
Very good advice, there is no set passmark, you are competing against others, not trying to meet a notional standard.
If you think about it, if the test is too easy, not really going to identify the best as many will have similar high marks, conversely if too hard you wont identify the best, just those that either didn't panic, or were lucky they got some questions they could answer.
So you need to teach a bit of exam technique, staying calm and moving to another question if stuck, time management and going back to skipped part later. Candidates are probably coming from about 100 different primary schools, some will simply not know some things, and other things known by some don't appear in a question. So they test has to try and cut through this knowledge difference whilst producing meaningful rankings.
Finally ignore comments along lines of Mrs X child got 100% in a test, might have been second or third time they did it, or just a boastful and untruthful parent. And what you get in a mock doesn't count towards the marks on the day.